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Definition of Encumbrance
1. Noun. An onerous or difficult concern. "That's a load off my mind"
Generic synonyms: Concern, Headache, Vexation, Worry
Specialized synonyms: Dead Weight, Fardel, Imposition, Pill
Derivative terms: Burden
2. Noun. A charge against property (as a lien or mortgage).
3. Noun. Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.
Specialized synonyms: Clog, Speed Bump
Generic synonyms: Impediment, Impedimenta, Obstructer, Obstruction, Obstructor
Derivative terms: Hinder, Preventive
Definition of Encumbrance
1. n. That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.
Definition of Encumbrance
1. Noun. Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried. ¹
2. Noun. (legal) an interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Encumbrance
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encumbrance
Literary usage of Encumbrance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Deeds: Their Form, Requisites, Execution by Robert Thomas Devlin (1887)
"encumbrance defined.—It is sometimes extremely difficult to determine whether or
not a particular right in another is an encumbrance, within the meaning of ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Insurance of Every Kind by Joseph Asbury Joyce (1917)
"It constitutes error therefore to charge the jury that such an encumbrance does
not avoid the policy if insurer failed to make any inquiries.20 And even ..."
3. A Treatise on Wills by Thomas Jarman, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1880)
"A legacy to be applied iu the liquidation of a subsisting encumbrance on real
estate, which is already subject to charitable uses, ..."
4. Rose's Notes on the United States Supreme Court Reports (2 Dallas to 241 by Walter Malins Rose, Charles Lawrence Thompson, United States Supreme Court (1917)
"611, 69 SE 205, holding mere encumbrance which may be discharged out of purchase
... 84, enforcing performance where encumbrance could be discharged from ..."
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